the world of liz

would you go with me?

2008-05-13T00:14:00.002-04:00

i've been thinking about that question recently. why do people want to have someone with them? what is it about having someone at your side that makes you feel more confident, feel loved, feel secure, be comfortable with yourself?

i think it's our desire and longing to know that we are loved, to know that someone cares enough about us to stay with us no matter what is happening. to know that we are worth spending time with.

Would you go with me if we rolled down streets of fire

Would you hold on to me tighter as the summer sun got higher

If we roll from town to town and never shut it down

Would you go with me if we were lost in fields of clover

Would we walk even closer until the trip was over

And would it be okay if I didn't know the way

If I gave you my hand would you take it

And make me the happiest man in the world

If I told you my heart couldn't beat one more minute without you, girl

Would you accompany me to the edge of the sea

Let me know if you're really a dream

I love you so, so would you go with me

Would you go with me if we rode the clouds together

Could you not look down forever

If you were lighter than a feather

Oh, and if I set you free, would you go with me

If I gave you my hand would you take it

And make me the happiest man in the world

If I told you my heart couldn't beat one more minute without you, girl

Would you accompany me to the edge of the sea

Help me tie up the ends of a dream

I gotta know, would you go with me

I love you so, so would you go with me

it's taken until now

2008-01-28T22:25:00.001-05:00

for those of you who don't know, i'm in my final year of a nursing degree at york university. i am currently doing my last placement or integrated practicum as it is technically called at Westpark Health Centre. over the last week i have been filled with the joy and excitement of becoming a nurse. i'm going to graduate june of this year and will be an actual registered nurse. i can't believe it and i'm really looking forward to it. it's weird. if you would have asked me before i started my placement if i was happy to be learning to become a nurse i probably would have shrugged my shoulders and given a half hearted yeah. but now i'm so looking forward to it. i can see the light at the end of the tunnel and let me tell you, what i see is good. Thank you Jesus!

slippers

2007-12-06T21:08:00.000-05:00

i just bought a pair of slippers on tuesday and i love them! slippers are great!
that is all

what to do

2007-11-26T00:18:00.000-05:00

i graduate this year but i'm not sure what to do once i'm done. i know i won't have trouble finding a job since there is need for nurses everywhere. maybe that is part of the problem. there are so many options. it would be so much easier if there was only one path instead of a gazillion. but really there is only one path: God's. i just wish he would make it obvious.

Romania Pictures

2007-07-24T17:46:00.000-04:00

I'm off to Romania!

2007-07-05T16:24:00.000-04:00

well not quite. i still have to pack. i think this is the most i have ever procrastinated packing. usually i'm packed and ready to go a week before leaving me to wear my ugly clothes leading up to the trip. not this time.
so tomorrow i leave for romania. our flight is scheduled to leave at 8pm and we will arrive in london the next morning at 8am which will be followed by a shorter flight to bucharest, romania.
i have no idea what to expect. i've never travelled outside north america. i'm sure it will be amazing and i will be stretched and so glad i went.
i would really appreciate your prayers for this trip. that our team works well together, that we are able to show God's love to everyone we come in contact with, that lives are changed for the better and also for the health of the team members.
well i'm off to pack. i will keep you updated with my travels

~liz

about love

2007-04-24T13:28:00.000-04:00

i was laying in bed this morning talking with God and the topic of love came up. i got the revelation that love is not about a person's qualities or personality but loving a person is loving who they are. this may not seeming huge to you but it made so much sense to me. i don't know how to explain it all but love is not a feeling, it is not based on characteristics like a person's height, eye color, or smile. love is from God since he is love. we can only truly love when we have God inside us. i then read 1 John 4:7-21. God is love and when we have his love in us we are then able to love others. this love is not based on anything they have done or said. rather it just flows from God. we don't have to work at producing it or making it happen. it just comes. amazing love straight from God himself.

my day

2007-04-24T00:49:00.000-04:00

800 - alarm goes off, i drag myself out of bed turn it off and promptly return to bed and sleep
915 - i wake up after a delightful dream, open my journal to a new page and write it down along with the other two dreams i remember
1000 - get up to use the washroom and brush my teeth
1015 - do devotions
1045 - go on my computer and check email, facebook, and blogs
1130 - kam comes in my room, "oh, you're up, i'm going to take rudi for a walk, can i use your computer?" i sit it my bed for another 20 minutes trying to decide what to wear
100 - i go to take a shower
130 - i'm out of the shower and hungry
135 - make lunch
200 - drive kam to bluenotes so she can return what she bought on saturday
300 - arrive home after purchasing a belt and tank top (all for under 3$), go online to mark virklers website to refresh myself on how to interpret dreams, use spreadsheet to budget my upcoming pay cheque and realize that i don't have enough to buy hairdye, pray for money, email friend, check facebook again
430 - get ready for work
500 - work
930 - arrive home, hungry, eat dinner
945 - watch the finale of the first season of lost, utter dissapointment
1130 - surf internet
100 - wonder what i really did for the past hour and a half, have sneezing fit, get free sweatshirt from kam, contemplate going to bed

summer plans

2007-04-17T20:16:00.000-04:00

romania

work

road trip

relaxing

hanging out with friends

have fun

going to the beach

camping

mr. incredible*, this is for you

2007-04-10T22:56:00.000-04:00

i did this test awhile ago back in august but i thought i would do it again to see if i had changed. apparently i have.

The Five Love Languages

My primary love language is probably
Quality Time
with a secondary love language being
Physical Touch.

Complete set of results

Quality Time:		11
Physical Touch:		9
Words of Affirmation:		4
Receiving Gifts:		3
Acts of Service:		2

Information

Unhappiness in relationships, according to Dr. Gary Chapman, is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. Sometimes we don't understand our partner's requirements, or even our own. We all have a "love tank" that needs to be filled in order for us to express love to others, but there are different means by which our tank can be filled, and there are different ways that we can express love to others.

Take the quiz

*speaking prophetically of course, i am not currently in a relationship with anyone

i need . . .

2007-03-29T11:08:00.000-04:00

i saw this on someone else's blog
go to google and type in your name followed by needs ie. elizabeth needs
this is what i was told i was needed by the people at google

1. Elizabeth needs to stick around, and be featured a bit more. ... Elizabeth needs to blog more often because she is smart and funny
2. Elizabeth Needs Protection
3. Elizabeth Needs The Fashion Police!
4. 'Elizabeth' needs loving
5. Elizabeth needs to be able to express her feelings to someone she trusts

now you try

it's coming to an end

2007-03-21T10:49:00.000-04:00

Two more weeks and i will be done with classes! woohoo! so excited. then it's freshwind. more excitement. then i have 3 exams and one final paper. no excitement. and then beginning april 17 summer! i think this is the earliest i've ever had a summer break start. four and a half months of unbridled freedom from school!

my heart's desire

2007-03-11T23:40:00.000-04:00

"if i find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that i was made for another world" C.S. Lewis
sometimes i have such a deep indescribable longing for love. to be loved and to know love. it is so strong it hurts, it makes me cry. i'm realizing that this is from God. my God who loves me so much is placing a deep deep desire in me to love him and be loved by him. this longing can only be quenched by his love for me. for this i am grateful because it forces me to come to him and be loved. i'm so thankful that only he can satisfy the deep longing that is within my heart. thank you Jesus, for loving me so much, that you call me to yourself, thank you that it hurts because it causes me to come to you. thank you for your intensity and passion to seek me. thank you that you want relationship with me, to be my lover, thank you for providing a way, for setting me right with God, thank you, thank you, i love you. thank you for wanting intimacy with me. i am in awe of you and your desire for me. thank you for choosing me. i surrender to you once again.

heart hurts

2007-03-04T21:54:00.000-05:00

my heart hurts right now. not in a bad way but in a melancholy-confusing-love way. does that make sense? i don't know what is going on. i would like some answers, God. why does my heart feel this way? what are you teaching me? daddy (God) i would like some clarity.

peter

2006-12-13T13:55:00.000-05:00

my rabbit is blind. a while ago my mom brought him to school. her class was doing a unit on living things so she brought him so they could see a living thing. at that time we were not aware of any blindness. he did not act blind and his eyes looked normal to us. one of the teachers at the school told my mom peter was blind because of the cloudiness she saw in her eyes. when peter came home i tried to test for his blindness. i held a cracker on his left side. he didn't see it until i moved it. then he awkuardly (how do you spell this word?) moved toward it and ate it. i tried the right side and he saw it immediately and moved directly to it. when he ran around on the floor he seemed fine. he didn't bump into anything and explored as he normally did. then this weekend my dad let him out and he ran into the wall. not hard but enough to let us know that he didn't see it. i let him out later that day and again he ran into the wall and this time he also ran into the arm chair twice. last night i let him out last night and he ran into the wall, his cage, the tv stand, all multiple times. i put him back in the cage because i felt it was cruel to continue let him run into things. now my question is, do you let a ten year old blind rabbit live? he's almost eleven and what kind of quality life can he live in a cage the size of a side table? what should i do? any advice?

my unique style

2006-12-05T13:05:00.000-05:00

a weird combination

2006-11-21T19:50:00.000-05:00

what would happen if you ate them together?

letter opener

2006-11-18T12:19:00.000-05:00

if only i could train peter to do this for me

what's your name?

2006-11-09T14:15:00.000-05:00

YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet and current street name)
twinkie nelson

YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (favorite icecream flavor and favorite cookie)
caribou tracks chocolate chunk

YOUR "FLY" NAME (first initial of first name, first two letters of your last name)
gmu

YOUR DETECTIVE NAME (favorite color and favorite animal)
green platypus

YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME (middle name, city where you were born)
elizabeth brampton

YOUR STAR WARS NAME (first three letters of your last name, first two letters of you first name
mulgl

SUPERHERO NAME (second favorite color, favorite drink plus "the")
yellow the vanilla bean latte

NASCAR NAME (first name of your grandfathers on both sides)
sebe aalt

WITNESS PROTECTION NAME (mother and father's middle names)
dena peter

what is your personality?

2006-11-02T12:05:00.000-05:00

You Have A Type A- Personality

You are one of the most balanced people around
Motivated and focused, you are good at getting what you want
You rule at success, but success doesn't rule you.

When it's playtime, you really know how to kick back
Whether it's hanging out with friends or doing something you love!
You live life to the fullest - encorporating the best of both worlds

Do You Have a Type A Personality?

hello?

2006-10-24T20:49:00.000-04:00

i signed up for skype tonight. more out of curiousity as to how it worked than anything else. they give you five free minutes to a landline to see how it works. i decided to call home, even though i am at home, to test it out. i told my dad to answer the phone when it rang. i clicked the call button and a minute later the phone rings. my dad answers and this is how the phone call went:
dad - hello
me - hi dad
dad - oh hi (looking around, wondering who is calling him)
me - how are you
dad - i'm good, are you on the cell phone?
me - no
dad- no you're not on that phone (looking at the phone we have in the dining room)
me - dad i'm right here
dad - (looks quizzically at me)
me - i'm talking over the computer
dad - what?!
me - i'm talking over the computer
dad - hangs up
me - laughing
dad - still looks confused

i should try this on my mom

SNOW!

2006-10-12T15:47:00.000-04:00

today was the first snowfall of the year. october 12, 2006! i think that's the earliest it has ever snowed in brampton. maybe we're not in danger of global warming after all. perhaps it's global cooling we should be concerned about. peter rabbit has not been brought in for the winter as of yet so when i saw the snow i rushed outside and brought him in. currently he is sitting in an emply laundry basket on the floor beside the couch. seeing as the snow only lasted three minutes and it is now sunny outside i thought of bringing him back out but theweathernetwork counter on my task bar says it is only 4 degrees celcius and i remember the weather man saying it will feel like one degree later this afternoon so i have decided to let peter stay with me in the warmth of the livingroom.

another name site

2006-10-11T00:07:00.000-04:00

i was searching for the meanings of my children's names tonight and came across a better site with the meanings of names. this one has much more of a variety of names. sorry kam, it's not advanced enough to have the meaning of your name though.

must finish icecream . . .

2006-10-07T21:31:00.000-04:00

i thought this was a really cute video. this little girl is so determined to finish her ice cream cone even though sleep is so close to overpowering her.

wireless!

2006-10-05T23:28:00.000-04:00

tonight we got wireless internet access in our home! yes we are official owners of wireless. i'm happy about it because now i don't have to call "shotgun" on our family computer. ahh the luxury. i want to see if i can still get access in my bedroom. that would be sweet indulgence. writing 8 page essays in bed, not having to walk two flight of stairs to the dungeon to check my email. ok so maybe not quite that romantic but anyways. so i've been craving pickles for the last two days which is weird. the thought passed my mind that i could be pregnant but then reality set in that there is no way, short of an immaculate conception, that i could be pregnant. since i haven't had any angelic visitations saying that i will conceive a child by the holy spirit and the fact that Jesus has already come; also the last time i checked i was still a virgin. from this i can conclude that pregnancy is not a possible explanation for my pickle craving. then i got to thinking, why do people have cravings? is it our bodies telling us that we are lacking some nutrient? what do pickles have that my body desperately desires? i want to know. i googled cravings and their meanings but all i found was this. the rest were sites about how to curb your cravings and still lose weight. well i like eating pickles and as far as i can tell i don't need to lose a significant amount of weight.

live up to your name

2006-10-03T14:07:00.000-04:00

I received an email from my aunt which consisted of sayings with animal pictures to illustrate. I really liked this one. It made me realize that names are important and I ask God to give me the grace and strength to live up to my name.

Gloria: Glory
Elizabeth: God is my oath

meanings found on babynames.com

p.s.

2006-09-30T01:47:00.000-04:00

You are 87% normal

You are shockingly normal... and since normal doesn't really exist, that is kinda scary. In fact, you are scarier than the most abnormal person. Go you!

take the quiz

personality analysis

2006-09-30T01:24:00.000-04:00

before i start this post i want to say that i don't like using capitals. i know one of my 43 things was to start using capitals but you know what? i don't like them so i am not going to use them. why should letters be capitalized any way? do they need to feel superior?
i took a personality quiz tonight aka early morning. all you do is click colored squares. i thought it was quite random. here is what it said about me.

your existing situation
willing and adaptable. only at peace when closely attached to a person, group, or organization on which a reliance can be placed.
your stress sources
feels that life has fare more to offer and that there are still important things to be achieved - that life must be experienced to the fullest. as a result she pursues her objectives wht a fierce intensity that will not let go of things. becomes deeply involved and runs the risk of being unable to view things with sufficient objectivity, or calmly enough; is therefore in danger of becoming agitated and of exhausting her nervous energy. cannot leave things alone and feels she can only be at peace when she has finally reached her goal.
your restrained characteristics
feels that shi is burdened with more than her fair share of problems. however she sticks to her goals and tries to overcome her difficulties by being flexible and accommodating. circumstances for her to compromise and to forgo some pleasures for the time being.
your desired objective
preoccupied with thing of an intensely exciting nature. wants to be regarded as an exciting and interesting personality with an altogether charming and impressive influence on others. uses tactics skillfully so as to avoid endangering her chances of success or undermining other's confidence in herself.
your actual problem
the fear that she might be prevented from achieving the things she wants leads her to play her part with an urgent and hectic intensity.

if hats could have 43 children

2006-09-08T14:14:00.000-04:00

I came across this link from someone else's blog. I found it very inspiring. I hope you will too. If you would like to make your own list click on the link titled 43 things on the sidebar. There is also one for 43 places.

Today I went to school to get mask fit tested for practicum. This is one of the things all nurses must go through since the outbreak of SARS. You put on a N95 mask, seal it to your face by pressing down on the metal nose clip, then you put on this paper helmet (if astronaut helmets and chef hats could reproduce, this paper helmet would be its offspring) that has a hole in it near your mouth. They spray this nasty bitter stuff into the helmet through the hole while you do various exercises with your head ie nodding, turning side to side, and speaking. All this is done to determine that the mask will prevent microorganisms like SARS from entering your system while being a nurse. The best part was getting chocolate after to rid your mouth of nasty bitterness.

INCREDIBLY HAPPY ! ! !

2006-08-21T17:26:00.000-04:00

I AM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW! GOD IS SO GOOD. HE REMINDED ME AGAIN TODAY THAT HE WILL LOOK AFTER ME, TAKE CARE OF ME AND WILL NEVER LEAVE ME. THERE'S NO POINT IN WORRYING BECAUSE HE WILL TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING!

purpose

2006-08-21T00:59:00.000-04:00

this evening i went out for coffee with a wonderful friend. we started talking about different goals we had for our lives. she told me about making one-three-five year goals. asking God where he wanted you to be spiritually, personally, and financially in the future. having recently done this (i just finished writing them out twenty minutes ago) i feel so accomplished and excited. my life is far from boring people. hallelujah!

I'M DONE!!!

2006-08-16T21:08:00.000-04:00

today i took my last final which means that i have completed my second year of nursing! yay me. i'm half way done my studying. only two more years of being a student.
tomorrow i'm planning to go to the zoo with my sister and her friend michelle. i'm looking forward to seeing animals. i haven't been to zoo for at least two years.
tonight i went with my parents to view the house we might possibly be buying. it needs some work but it has great potential. the only problem is i'm not sure where my bedroom will be. oh well, it will all get figured out. i'm not too concerned about it.

almost done!

2006-08-09T20:46:00.000-04:00

two more days of classes and two finals and then it's summer time! i get a whole nineteen days of sweet summer relief. i'm excited. what shall i do with all my time off? any suggestions? i'm planning a trip to point peelee for a day but i need more than one adventure. come on, i mean i need to catch up on lost time. oh and driving people places so they can have an adventure is not a holiday nor is it an adventure so don't suggest that.
time to study!

what my special and very wonderful man needs to know about me

2006-08-02T16:02:00.000-04:00

The Five Love Languages

My primary love language is probably
Physical Touch
with a secondary love language being
Quality Time.

Complete set of results

Physical Touch:		11
Quality Time:		9
Words of Affirmation:		6
Acts of Service:		2
Receiving Gifts:		2

Information

if you would like to take this test copy and paste the following link. enjoy!

http://www.youthnetsouthampton.org.uk/breakout/lovelanguages.php

i have never . . .

2006-07-26T17:41:00.000-04:00

inspired by my sister donna's latest post i thought i would see how well people know me.
nine of the ten following statements are true
one is false, can you guess which one it is?
1. i have never been to disneyland
2. i have never gotten a speeding ticket
3. i have never been kissed
4. i have never been farther south than Chicago, IL
5. i have never broken a bone in my body
6. i have never learned to speak dutch
7. i have never been grounded
8. i have never eaten lobster
9. i have never been able to whistle
10. i have never had a hamster as a pet

nine things i have yet to do and one thing i have done (do you know which one?)
1. go to australia
2. sleep under the stars
3. ride a hot air balloon
4. graduate
5. learn to swing dance
6. ride on the back of a motorcycle
7. learn another language
8. adopt
9. design and make a dress
10. coin a phrase

home alone (again!)

2006-07-22T15:21:00.000-04:00

it seems that once again i'm home alone. my parents are visiting my aunt and uncle, donna is camping and kam is being a counselor at beacon bible camp for a week. i'm so sick of school. it's cramping my style!
anyway, on a lighter note i only have three more weeks of school! yay!
i get to babysit in 40 minutes. yay more money!
another thing, i got a check for $100 from trinity western university yesterday. they had gone through their student accounts and discovered they owed me money. God is so good. i love it when he blesses me.

blogspot makeover

2006-07-16T15:16:00.000-04:00

thank you kam for updating the look of my blog!
i'm having an awesome hair day today. how shallow am i? actually i'm not, i just love the way my hair looks today. thanks God.
rudi woke me up at 330am to be let outside to relieve herself. i was not impressed with being woken up but it is better than coming down in the morning and finding lake erie by your back door. so thanks rudi for that.
i got to sleep in today. during the week i really don't have the chance to do that because of school. speaking of school i have to find an article on health assessment for a paper. i better get on that.
love, liz

my day

2006-07-16T00:45:00.000-04:00

today was a very successful day. i woke up at 10; took a shower;
vaccuumed the basement, main floor, and upstairs; swept the main floor; cleaned the washroom; folded laundry; and then went to work from 3-1030. now i'm watching andy griffith. a relaxing way to end a very busy day.
tomorrow my parents and sister donna will be coming home. mom and dad from vacation and donna from germany (for a missions trip). does anyone know where there is cheap parking by the airport? i don't want to pay regular parking fees because i heard they were really expensive.
my hair is getting really long. i'm excited. i haven't had long hair since grade four. i'm planning to grow my hair out until it at least reaches my lower back. that means that i will have to dye it back to it's natural color soon. i don't want half my hair to be one color and half another color.
well its one in the morning right now which means i should go to bed soon. i don't want to stay up all night.
love, liz

wet

2006-07-06T21:53:00.000-04:00

i'm wet. i was watering the flowers in our yard just now and when i finished i threw the garden hose down. unfortunately it landed handle side down which meant that i took a shower for the second time today.
anyways i'm heading off to bed. i want to get a lot of sleep tonight.
love, liz

holiday ideas

2006-06-30T12:23:00.000-04:00

i need to go away on a two day holiday. any suggestions? since i'm going to school all summer i need a short break of study, work, clinical, and driving. i have reading week right now but i don't find it very relaxing staying at home. plus i've been busy every day except yesterday. monday i drove my sister to school so she could work on yearbook then we came home and i helped her set up for her party, tuesday i had an interview for christian horizons, wednesday i had observation for christian horizons and kam's graduation. yesterday was nothing and today i have work from 530-11pm.
tomorrow my parents are leaving for their two week vacation. lucky. they are going out west to visit family then driving to winipeg to visit more family with a stop in saskatchewan to see the town where corner gas is filmed.
criteria for my holiday:
1. cost - less than $20 not including gas
2. location - must be warm
3. fun - self explanatory
4. water - has to have a beach or water front nearby
5. wind - i like wind
please send in your suggestions, there will be a prize!

clinical

2006-06-20T17:11:00.000-04:00

today i had clinical just like every other week except today i was given two patients. i'm only used to one but it went really well. my two patients were in the same room and easy going. they were not demanding at all. i love when people are not demanding. tomorrow i get my midterm evaluation. i'm not too worried. i think i'm doing well. i also got to go to renal rounds today. this is where doctors, nutritionist, physiotherapists, ocupational therapists, social workers, and nurses get together and discuss the care plan of those patients who have kidney (renal) diseases. it's interesting when they talk about your patient but when it's other patients i find that i don't pay attention. then when i was leaving clinical i took the elevator and there was a resident from the veterans wing already in the elevator. usually i don't make conversation with strangers but today i did. i said hi to the resident. he asked me where i was going and i said one floor up. i asked him if he was going there too, since we were currently in the basement. he said he didn't know where he was going. thankfully there were staff waiting for the elevator when i got out so i directed them to him. it doesn't seem right that our last years on earth should be confusing.

elizabeth's tuition fund, please contribute

2006-06-14T22:38:00.000-04:00

i think the title is self-explanatory.
today i got a job at sobeys. this is the fourth time i've come back. hopefully it will only last until i'm done school and get a real job as a nurse. i'm really glad they took me back though.
i have a test tomorrow on cancer and palliative care. i went to the library after dinner to study. it went pretty well but it also made me realize how tired i currently am.
i want the oilers to win the stanley cup. go canadian team. currently the score is 3-3. definitely edge of your seat type of game.

God is Good!

2006-06-11T20:01:00.000-04:00

this weekend i went on a re-encounter with some of the youth from my church. it was amazing! God definitely changed parts of me. we also had fire tunnels. i love them. now i'm off to bed because i'm tired. good night all. God loves you.

drive to school

2006-06-05T15:46:00.000-04:00

this morning i woke up at 7am for my 8am class. last semester this wouldn't be a problem as i lived on campus. not so for this semester. i live at home - an hour away from school. i didn't even realize that i was late until my mom came into my room at 710 and said liz don't you have class today? oh yeah! at 8 and i have a test! thankfully the test wasn't going to start till 830 but i rushed to get ready in five minutes and was on the road by 720 and was in class by 825. i need a new way of getting to school. the same route to and from is boring and i find myself spacing out. not safe on old country roads with transport trucks coming the opposite way. also today in the class i was late for we were discussing families. our teacher put us in groups to answer some questions about family, culture, and religion. our group had to answer the question on culture and religion. in our teachers words, "you guys can answer this section because your group looks like it comes from different areas". we had two african-americans, two europeans, and one russian. the funny thing is that four of us were christian so that took away from the "different areas". to be fair, culturally we were very different.
i hope tomorrow i wake up on time. better double check the alarm clock.

peter

2006-05-31T16:17:00.000-04:00

2006-05-28T21:35:00.000-04:00

so apparently i need to update. my life is busy right now. i'm taking a summer semester. this means that i will be able to start york in the fall. this also means that i will be taking five semesters in a row! that's crazy. i think i could go insane with all school and no down time. we shall see if that happens. i pray it doesn't. today i went to a park near my church for cell. as we were about to leave our spot and head back to our cars we saw what we thought was a beaver coming down the path. then we saw the tail and realized it couldn't be a beaver. i think it was a ground hog. tomorrow i have a biology test worth 18% of my final grade. i've never had a test or assignment worth such a specific number. they usually end in a five or zero. my ear hurts because i was listening to a movie with earbuds. i think my ears are too small for them. i was watching princess diaries two. it seemed funnier the second time but i couldn't watch it till the end because it was too cheesy. i need a job. since i'm taking school full time the job will have to be full time and have very flexible hours. any suggestions? my rabbit can be weird. we had him in the house for the winter and for a week or so he was staying in the mainfloor hallway. i think he had cage insanity during this time because he would have "seizures". now he is outside because the weather is warmer. one day this past week when i looked in on him i thought he was dead because he was laying still and not moving for a good 20 seconds. it was scary. thursday my uncle came over for dinner. he's such a sweetheart. friday i went out with friends to see the bride. it's a play put on by the youth pastors of my church. it was really good. coming home was an adventure because i was supposed to drop off two girls but was given the wrong directions to their houses. but God is good (he supplied me with the information through my sister donna) and we all arrived at our respective houses. now i need to go to bed. i have an early morning tomorrow. peace.

congratulations!

2006-03-01T21:55:00.000-05:00

I want to say congratualations to my cousin eric and his fiancee vanessa. they got engaged yesterday. happy wedding planning. God bless you guys.

psalm 97:10 and other such calming verses

2006-01-11T16:34:00.000-05:00

"those who love [God], he keeps safe, snatches them from the grip of the wicked." - psalm 97:10
"how blessed the man you train, God,
the woman you instruct in your word,
providing a circle of quiet with the clamor of evil . . .
God will never walk away from his people
never desert his precious people.
Rest assured that justice is on its way
and every good heart put right. . . .
When i was upset and beside myself,
you calmed me down and cheered me up. . . .
God became my hideout,
God was my high mountain retreat" - Psalm 94: 12-15,19,22

classes begin

2006-01-09T16:29:00.000-05:00

today i started my classes of the new semester. mondays i have one 3 1/2 hour class. i don't think i have ever had a class that long. we do have a break halfway through but still it sure is a long stretch. today we learned about mental illness. i don't think i could be a nurse in a mental health facility. tomorrow i have a biology class for 3 1/2 hours. i'm not sure what exactly we'll be covering yet. wednesday i have the same bio class but this time for 2 1/2 hours. then later i have canadian ethics. thursday and friday morning i will be having clinical again. i'm not sure which specialty i will be placed in. we find out thursday. friday after clinical i have a computer course. it will be online so i'm looking forward to not having to go to an actual classroom.
now it's off to do my readings!

i passed!

2005-12-24T17:52:00.000-05:00

i passed all my exams! that means that now i'm finally able to say i'm a second year college student. yay me. i'm so happy. third semester here i come.
tonight my family is having our turkey dinner. my opa and uncle are coming over as well. yum turkey and stuffing! i love stuffing.
last night i tried pulling an all nighter to finish the scarf i'm making for my sister for christmas. it lasted til 6am. i drove my sister to work, and then went to sleep. i woke up 130pm. i didn't finish the scarf. i'm about half way done. oh well. she doesn't mind. she told me as long as it's finished before winter is over she'll be happy. that's a deadline i can live with.
i hope you all have a very merry christmas with family and friends celebrating that Jesus came to save us.

happy dinner

2005-12-15T18:08:00.000-05:00

brought to you by terry ann's dinner of chicken nuggets and kraft dinner

2005-12-14T21:52:00.000-05:00

my brain hurts. i've been studying all day for my pharmacology exam tomorrow. i think if i study any more i will go insane. so i am stopping. i think i will review the information one more time tomorrow morning.
i can't wait till friday. i'm going to a christmas banquet with my sisters. yay! i love dressing up and looking pretty.

the many different faces of kam

2005-12-13T19:20:00.000-05:00

mom

2005-12-13T18:17:00.000-05:00

rudi

2005-12-13T17:18:00.000-05:00

rudi watching the neighbors' dogs play outside wishing she could join them in their frolicking.

rudi being depressed on the kitchen floor after learning that she will not be joining us for lunch.

dryer

2005-12-12T21:59:00.000-05:00

last night i put my clothes in the dryer. this morning i came downstairs to get them only to discover they were still completely wet. so i put them back in. i went upstairs to make breakfast while they finished drying. when i heard the buzzer sound again i went to take out my clothes. still wet! i tried drying them again. same thing, still not dry. it was really frustrating and i thought that our dryer might be broken. when the buzzer sounded again i went to the dryer. this time i looked at the dial that lets you set the temperature. it was set to fluff. fluff doesn't dry clothes, it just tumbles them. so i changed the temp to regular and started the dryer once more. thankfully when the buzzer sounded this time my clothes were finally dried.

cookies

2005-12-11T16:35:00.000-05:00

i made cookies on friday. the first batch was chocolate chip and the second was shortcake cookies. the special thing about the shortcake cookies was that they were made with a whole package of raspberry jello. yes, jello. i don't like them very much. i had made a batch of them a couple of weeks ago with lime jello and they were delicious. i guess raspberry just doesn't stand up to lime. oh well. kam, my little sister, likes them and the chocolate chip cookies went over really well. they always do.

fish

2005-12-10T19:17:00.000-05:00

today i went to the fish store with my dad. actually it's called Big Al's but i call it the fish store. usually we go to the one in brampton but today we went to the one in oakville. it's much nicer and bigger. they have a two walls that are fishtanks and they also had a huge pillar that was a fish tank. i love watching fish swim. my dad bought two new plants for his tank and some frozen blood worms for his fish. gross! then we came back home. now i'm taking a break from studying. i have three exams this week. wednesday, thursday, friday. then i'm done! i will have finally completed year one of nursing and in january i will at last be able to say i am in my second year of college.

dream interpretation

2005-12-08T12:02:00.000-05:00

this morning i was googled dream interpretation. this is the website i found. i find it very useful and safe.
http://www.cwgministries.org/Principles-of-Christian-Dream-Interpretation.htm#Recall

happy birthday

2005-12-07T10:04:00.000-05:00

today is my roommate's birthday. happy birthday terry ann! she's now nineteen. today is also mike's birthday. he's turning 21. happy birthday mike! i hope you both have an awesome day, and an amazing year. may God bless you richly and teach you so much about himself this coming year.

clinical group

2005-12-06T14:02:00.000-05:00

this semester as part of my schooling i have being going to clinical every tuesday and wednesday morning. we finished last week. this morning we all went out for brunch at milestones. here is a picture of us. our instructor, brenda, is at the head of the table.

candycanes

2005-12-05T20:35:00.000-05:00

tonight we had a candy cane eating contest. we competed to see who could finish a candy cane the fastest by sucking on it. i came in third place. there were only three of us competing. yay for me! actually no. my tongue is now super green (they were spearmint candy canes) and it hurts. that much mint at once really doesn't feel well or taste well for that matter.

kam sleeping

2005-12-04T19:55:00.000-05:00

2005-12-04T19:37:00.000-05:00

on the glass floor of the CN tower

dreams

2005-12-04T18:17:00.000-05:00

where do our dreams come from? can God talk to us in our dreams or give us specific dreams about him? i think so. what do our dreams mean? why are they cryptic? i would love to know the answers to these questions. see i have some really weird dreams and i would love it if someone could tell me what they mean. i've tried to analyze them myself but that just doesn't work because i'm just speculating as to what they really could mean. sometimes God tells me what they mean but for the most part i'm left wondering. if you would like to shed some light on this area please feel free to.